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Still, according to Senior Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey, University officials have been taking steps to “educate” both employees and users about the Patriot Act’s specific demands, and what it means for their daily work...
Much of the controversy surrounding Section 215 of the Patriot Act concerns a secrecy clause stipulating that federal request for information must remain strictly confidential. Libraries, in other words, can’t report in some cases whether they have received governmental inquiries...
...following the session, she says. “[The employees] were very much relieved. Before 9-11, federal investigators coming into the library was something we didn’t really think about,” she explains. “After 9-11 and the passage of the Patriot Act, our level of awareness on many things has been heightened...
...among library affiliates within many of the universities comprising the AAU, Section 215 remains a major concern. Harvard works closely with the Association of Research Libraries, Verba says. And since the passage of the Patriot Act concern about records has been one of its chief priorities...
...Association hopes eventually to modify legislation to exempt university libraries from the Patriot Act’s provisions...